Coal-hod.



R. L. CLARK.

COAL HOD.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 15. 1916.

Patented Feb. 27, 1917.

A TTORNEYS To all'whom it may concern:

when discharging the coal ROBERT L. CLARK, 0F UNION, WEST VIRGINIA.

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Be it known that 1, ROBERT L. CLARK, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Union, in the county of Monroe and State of West Virginia, have invented a new and Improved Coal-Hod, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The general object of my invention is to provide a coal hod equipped with a guard attachment arranged to be moved to a position above the upper edge of the hod to prevent the spilling of coal over the sides of the hod directly from the hod into a stove, furnace, or the like.

More particular objects of the invention are to provide a guard of the indicated character having a handle movable with the guard to a position to-be available in assisting in the proper holding and convenient. manipulation of the hod to discharge the coal; and to provide a device of the indicated character having plicity and which maybe readily attached to coal hods of conventional form.

The invention will be particularly. explained in the specific description following.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification in which similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a. perspective view of a coal hod provided with my improved guard;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section showing the hod and guard in position for p discharging coal.

The body 10 of the hod may have the conventional form of such articles including the discharge spout 10 and having the usual bail 11. a

My improved guard 12 is curved in horizontal section to conform to the rounding body of the hod 10, and at the front the said guard is given the form of side arms 13 extending upwardly and forwardly and terminating at the spout 10 with the upper edges of the arms 13 projecting above the sides of said spout. In order to so attach the guard 12 as to permit the same to be lowered to a position below the top of the hod or to be rocked upwardly and forwardly to the guard position, a slot and pin connection is established between the arms 13 and the spout 10, there being a slot 14 in each arm and a pin 15 on the spout extending said slot. at the back of the hod there is a through the Similarly,

Specification of Letters Patent.

1 slot and pin connection, cal slot 16 in the guard the other hand takes strength and sim- Patented Feb. 27, 1917.

' Apglication filed March 15, 1916. Serial No. 84,336.

12 and a pin 17 on the hod and extending through said slot.

At the back of the guard 12 below the slot 16, said guard is provided with a handle 18 to be gripped by one hand of the user while hold of the bail 11. By'the described construction, it will be seen that when the coal is to be discharged, by tilting the hod sufficiently as indicated in ig. 2, the user, by gripping .the handle 18 and hail 11, first swings the guard upwardly and forwardly so that the said guard projects a gradually increasing distance from the front of the spout 10 to the back of the hod. The handle 18, at this time, serves to assist in lifting the hod and in the proper manipulation of the same to discharge the coal, the discharge being effected without any spilling of the coal over the sides of the hod.

Having thus described my invention ,1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent: j 1. A coal hod formed with a spout and provided with a bail, and a guard extending at the back of the hod and curved in cross section to conform tothe curvature of the hod, said guard presenting side arms extending forwardly and upwardly and connected with the sides of the spout by slot and pin connections, said arms projecting above the spout, and said guardhaving a slot and in connection with the hod at theback and being provided with a handle below the last-mentioned slot and pin connection.

2. The combination with a coal hod having a bail, of a guard extending around the back of the hod and provided with forwardly exthere being a vertitending arms, pivotally connected with-the hod at the front, handle at the back to rock said guard and coact with the bail in lifting and manipulat- .ing the same to discharge its contents, the said guard having a sliding connection with the hod at the back of the latter.

3.. The combination with a coal hod having a bail formed with a discharge spout, of

the said pivotal connections to a position to lie below the hod at the back of the latter and.

the said guard having a or to a raised position projecting to a gradu- In testimony whereof I have signed my ally increasing extent from the front ends of name to this specification in the presence of the side arms at the spout around the heck two subscrlblng Witnesses.

of the hod, there being co-acting means on ROBERT L. CLARK. 5 the hod and guard at the back to limit the Witnesses: rocking movement of the guard in'both di- R. PORTER BOYD,

rections. E. S. MCNEER. 

